Dr. IFEANYI-OBI Chinwoke Clara
Dr Chinwoke Clara Ifeanyi-obi is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Agricultural Extension and Development Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. She holds a doctorate degree in Agricultural Extension with research focus on strengthening farmers capacity to adopt sustainable environmental management practices while building their resilience to climate change effects.
Dr Ifeanyi-obi was a Post Doc research fellow of the United Kingdom Department for International Development under the Climate Impact Research Capacity and Leadership Enhancement (CIRCLE) Programme; a Research Fellow of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences under their Fellowship programme for Women in Climate Change Sciences; a Global fellow of the Center for Human rights and Humanitarian studies, Brown University, USA and a Fellow of West African Science Leadership Programme. She is currently an AWARD fellow under the Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy Fellowship (GRASP).
Dr Ifeanyi-obi has contributed significantly to providing credible evidence for informed policy decisions in Agriculture and climate change. No wonder in recognition of her excellence work in evidence informed decision-making sector, she won the first runner up for the 2023 Africa Evidence Leadership Award, Evidence mediator’s / knowledge translators’ category. Also, in 2021 she was awarded the 2021 Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Champion in Nigeria by the Nigerian Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (NIFAAS). She has published over ninety journal articles, policy briefs and two training manuals. She is a team player and currently the President of Society for Climate Action in Nigeria (SCAN).